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On the open dialog, check "Files of type" symbol and place the focus in
the list of symbols. The focus must be there, in other words, one of
the symbols must be highlighted (brightly) and then when you type a
symbol it will become highlighted and load when you press enter or click
OK.
Equis Support
> -----Original Message-----
> From: DanMartinz@xxxxxxx [SMTP:DanMartinz@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 1997 7:42 AM
> To: metastock-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: Opening Charts with MetaStock v6
>
> Thank you for your reply. However, this method does not work. When I
> put
> the "focus" on the list by clicking on any symbol, typing in my symbol
> doesn't load the typed in symbol. It loads the symbol I "focused" on.
> I
> tried using all capitals, quotation marks, and sorting the symbol list
> first.
>
>
> I am a former owner of Window on Wall Street Pro v5. I can tell you
> MetaStock is far superior to WOW. WOW has serious bugs in it. If
> anyone is
> interested in knowing these bugs please contact me via this
> listserver.
> Although MetaStock is the best end-of-day TA program on the market, I
> must
> say your filing system is extremely slow and clumsy. For such a high
> quality
> program, it baffles me as to why you are still using this system.
>
> The following are 2 messages I posted on the Equis AOL message boards:
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> I have criticized Window On Wall Street Pro v5 for having numerous
> glitches,
> errors, and bugs. I installed MetaStock v6 yesterday with the aid of
> your
> technical support. Although I know MetaStock v6 is superior to WOW, I
> wanted
> to let you know there is one area where MetaStock could improve.
>
> WOW also has data CD's. Instead of having to load up my hard drive
> with 550
> MB's of data, WOW simply built an index. The data on the CD is then
> merged
> with any data which was downloaded via my modem using only the index.
> There
> is no duplication or waste.
>
> Even with the new large capacity hard drives, most people do not have
> 550 MB
> of free disk space. Even if a user does have 550 MB of free space,
> any
> partition larger than 511 MB wastes capacity because of the
> inefficient
> method DOS and Windows use to store data. Because of the cluster
> count
> limitation, partitions larger than 511 MB lose 25% capacity and this
> inefficiency increases as the partitions get larger.
>
> Luckily, I had 450 MB of free space and am using DriveSpace 3.
> DriveSpace 3
> corrects this inefficiency. Also, the data that is transferred is
> highly
> compressible (4-1). This means anyone who transfers large amounts of
> data
> from the data CD is wasting even more space. Having to load up my
> hard drive
> with data already on the data CD is extremely wasteful. Please use
> indexes
> the way WOW does.
> <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
>
>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> I am using the 10/25/96 MetaStock v6 build. If you have an update
> patch,
> please let me know.
>
> WOW = Window on Wall Street Professional v5
> MS = MetaStock v6
>
> I mentioned in my previous post how WOW has one advantage over MS.
> The index
> system that WOW uses is more efficient and faster than MS's method.
> With
> WOW's index method, it doesn't matter how many securities are in the
> index.
> With the WOW CD-ROM, the typical number is 10,000. The load and
> system
> speeds are always the same. WOW simply uses one file, the index, to
> find a
> security's price history on the CD-ROM and hard drive. Even though I
> was
> using WOW's price history only from CD-ROM, the load speed was much
> faster
> than MS from my hard drive. Also, WOW's ticker symbols, security
> names, date
> coverage table, and templates are all on one full page.
>
> Because I have loaded all US stocks, all of MS's file commands are
> sluggish.
> Even though I have upgraded my computer with a P150 MHz, have a new
> EIDE
> hard drive and my system is at least 12 times faster than before, MS's
> file
> system makes my computer seem slow. This is because MS has to go
> through
> THOUSANDS of files. In order to load a graph with MS, you either have
> to go
> to the directory containing the data, or you have to do a FIND.
> Because MS's
> FIND command doesn't start in the correct directory, everytime you do
> a FIND
> you have to switch to the equis\data\* directory.
>
> For some reason, when I use the OPEN command, even if you slowly
> switch to
> the correct directory, I cannot use the OPEN by symbol option. I have
> tried
> this with AMD, and CYRX and cannot get any graph.
>
> This is the one area which WOW is better. However, if you have read
> my posts
> in the AAII message board, you will know that MS is superior in the
> actual
> analysis of the graphs. So once I am actually able to load the graph,
> I am
> better off. I realize if you change your file system other software
> companies may be affected. However, it seems to me you are using a
> very old
> method and it should be improved.
> <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
>
>
>
> In a message dated 97-06-23 12:14:23 EDT, you write:
>
> << You must first place the "focus" in the list of symbols. Click
> once on
> any symbol in the list and then type the symbol you want it to find.
>
> Equis Support
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: DanMartinz@xxxxxxx [SMTP:DanMartinz@xxxxxxx]
> > Sent: Monday, June 23, 1997 8:15 AM
> > To: metastock-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: Opening Charts with MetaStock v6
> >
> > I have the 10/25/96 build for MetaStock v6. I cannot File/Open by
> > ticker
> > symbol. I have to either use Find or double click on the file.
> Does
> > everyone have this problem? Do later builds fix this?
> >
> > Daniel.
> >>
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